Holder for bags, &amp;c.



No. 743 691. PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

looms. HOLDER. FOR BAGSLM. APPLICATION FILED JUN 'B 12 1902 N0 MODEL.

I f I f r I UNITED ST TEs v PATENT Patented November 10, 190

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HOLDER FOR BAGS, 81.0.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters IE'atent No. 743,691, datedNovember 10, 1903.

Application filed June 12, 1902. Serial No. 111,412. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK'CORDS, yeoman, a subject of the King EGreat Britain,

residing at Bentinck, in the county of Grey and Province ofOntario,Canada, have invented a new and useful Holder for Bags and SimilarReceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for bags and the like;and the object of my invention is to provide a simple,

cheaply-constructed, and easily-operated device whereby bags ofdifferent sizes may be hold while being filled, and, further, to makesuch device adjustable for holding bags of various lengths and also tobe used conveniently by people of various heights; and it consists,essentially, of a pair of arms pivotally secured at their upper ends toa suitable stand or support and having their lower ends of such a shapeas to conveniently engage the upper portion of a bag or similarreceptacle, a suitable means being provided for spreading said arms, andmeans being also provided whereby the height of said arms may be variedaccording to the height of the person who is using the.device or the bagwhich is being held, the various parts being constructed and arranged indetail as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing abag heldthereby. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device. Fig. 3 isasectionalelevation of the same on the line X X,

Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lever for spreadingthe arms.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the stand or support for the device, consisting of a suitable basea and upright portion a, which is suitably secured to the base and whichmay be given additional strength by suitable means, such as the curvedbraces a a secured at their central portions to the upright portion aand at their ends to the base a. A vertical guideway a is formed in theupper portion of the upright a, and in this guideway a block B isslidably held. The block B consists of the narrow central piece I) andthe wide overlapping front and back pieces 19' 19 respectively, allsecured together.

. C O are the arms, which are pivotally connected to the upper portionof the block B by suitable means, such as the bolts 0 0, having theconnecting-yoke D, and the nuts 0 0 formed with forwardly-extendingportions 0 c downwardly-extending portions 0 c and the portions 0 0designed to lit in and support the upper portion of a bag or likereceptacle.

E is a lever which is pivotally secured to theblock B by means of a bolt6 and nut e. This lever is provided on its inner face with a projection2 having cams e 6 formed on its ends, these cams being designed toengage the inner surfaces of the arms O O, so that when the lever E isbrought into the transverse position, as shown in Fig. 1, the arms willbe spread apart and will tightly hold a bag or like receptacle intowhich their lower ends have been inserted.

Any suitable means may be provided for raising or lowering the block B;but the means which I prefer to employ is as follows: F is a lever whichis pivoted at one end to a bracket f, extending outwardly from. one sideof the upright a. A link f is pivotally secured by a screw or othersuitable pivot f to the block B, and at its other end the link f ispivotally secured to the lever F at a point intermediate of the lengthof the said lever. It will thus be seen that on raising or lowering thelever the block B will be raised or lowered, thus adjusting the heightof the holder to suit the height of the bag'or the-person using thedevice. Iu orderto secure the block in position when adjusted, I preferto employ a rack G, the projections or teeth of which are designed toretain the lever F in any of the positions to which it may be adjusted.This rack is formed, preferably, with a flange g,

which is bolted to the block g, secured to the upright portion of thestand or support.

In order to make the machine more easily moved from place to place,wheels H H may be attached to the base aby suitable means,

At their lower ends the arms 0 O are such as an axle h and bearings 71-,and when IOO ratus whereby bags and like receptacles of difierentheights may be held upright while being filled and which may also beadjusted very readily to suit bags of different widths and also to suitthe height of the person who is using the device.

It will be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the exactform and arrangement of the device as herein shown and described, asconsiderable variations might be made in the details of the devicewithout departing from the spirit of my invention. For example, I mightfind it desirable, in order to make my device extremely cheap, todispense with the mechanism for adjusting the height of the arms 0O,and'in such a case the said arms would be pivoted to the uprightportion of the stand instead'of to an adjustable block B, as shown.

It is to be noted that the lever E has its cam portions arranged betweenthe arms C C, while the lever extends beyond the said arms in oppositedirections and bears against the outer faces thereof to hold the latteragainst movement outward from the block B, and thus holding said arms inparallelism with the latter. This is important.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a device for holding bags, atbase, an 1 upright rising therefrom, and having guideway, a block havinga portion movable in said posite sides of the upright, arms pivotallymounted at their upper ends on said block, and a lever pivotally mountedon the block between and below the pivot of the arms and having camportions disposed between and to act against said arms and portionsoverlapping the arms and bearing against the outer faces thereof as andfor the purpose specified.

Signed at the town of Walkerton this 31st day of May, 1902.

FRED. CORDS.

Witnesses:

THOMAS EooLEs ALTWOOD, HAROLD PERCIVAL STURT.

